Nosema or Vairimorpha: Genomic/proteomic support to a complex socio-economic issue rooted in taxonomic change
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
40571120
DOI
10.1016/j.jip.2025.108376
PII: S0022-2011(25)00110-7
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Apiculture, Bee, Microsporidia, Nosematidae, Nosemosis, Taxonomy,
- MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Genomics MeSH
- Nosema * genetics classification MeSH
- Proteomics MeSH
- Bees microbiology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
Microsporidia are disease-causing organisms that can infect invertebrate species. In apiculture, two microsporidians of importance are Vairimorpha (=Nosema) ceranae and Vairimorpha (=Nosema) apis. The taxonomy surrounding the genus assignment of these species has been heavily debated, due to molecular systematic and socio-economic reasons. We provide an update to this debate by developing a 508-gene concatenated protein phylogeny, and a 277-gene concatenated nucleotide phylogeny, to show that these parasites show strong phylogenetic positioning with the Vairimorpha genus and its type species Vairimorpha necatrix. Despite this assignment, we suggest that the terms 'nosema-disease', 'nosemosis' and 'nosematosis' should still be viable for use within apiculture, and be named after the family Nosematidae in which V. ceranae and V. apis sit, instead of the previous genus assignment: Nosema.
All Russian Institute of Plant Protection Pushkin Podbelskogo 3 196608 St Petersburg Russia
Barnard College Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
Department of Biosciences University of Exeter Exeter EX4 4QD UK
Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czechia
Department of Natural Sciences The University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise VA USA
Institute of Apicultural Research Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science Beijing 100093 China
Laboratory of Virology Wageningen University and Research 6708 PB Wageningen the Netherlands
Missouri Department of Conservation Columbia MO 65201 USA
State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects Southwest University Chongqing 400715 China
Tree of Life Wellcome Sanger Institute Cambridge CB10 1SA UK
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